Man Arrested in Barreiras After Security Camera Captures Suspected Rape

Overview

• A 21-year-old woman says she was stopped, threatened with a gun and taken to another neighborhood where she was raped during an early-morning walk on Thursday, October 29.
• A street security camera recorded the suspect approaching the woman and touching her in public, footage that local outlets published after police reviewed it.
• Polícia Militar officers searched the area and arrested 27-year-old Cássio da Silva Santos soon after the incident; he was taken into custody in the same region where the crime occurred.
• Investigators seized clothing at the suspect’s residence that police say matches what appears in the camera footage, and authorities have kept the suspect at the disposal of the judiciary while the probe continues.
• The victim received emergency care from Samu and was taken to Hospital do Oeste, her identity has been withheld, and prosecutors are pursuing further steps including possible preventive detention and searches for a reported firearm.